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Tatum Scott from The Voice Season 26

Season 26 premieres Monday, Sept. 23 with the coaching quartet of Gwen Stefani, Reba McEntire, Michael Buble and Snoop Dog.

Here’s more about Tatum:

* She’s a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from High Point, N.C.

* She moved to Nashville in 2023 to pursue her dreams of making a career in music.

* Since arriving, she’s performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and multiple times at The Listening Room.

* And she’s another of the Season 26 contestants who has already released music, with nearly a dozen singles out dating back to 2020.

* She also has some Voice connections. For instance, in December she played a trio of Christmas shows with The Dryes, a country duo that competed on Season 22.

* According to her web bio, Tatum began singing at age 6. She attended Wesleyan Christian Academy and was involved in musical theater.

* She released two of those aforementioned singles — “Lady Bug” and “Won’t Be You” — earlier this year.

* She co-wrote “Won’t Be You” and explains the song on Instagram, writing: “Healing can be hard after losing someone you were so close with. This can mean in a relationship or a friendship. Sometimes nobody compares to that one person, but there is always hope in finding someone new.”

* Lady Bug is her most recent single and dropped in late July. It’s also her most popular to date on Spotify, with more than 31,000 streams. You can check out a snippet below.

* Tatum’s also built quite a sizeable social media following with more than 145,000 followers on her TikTok.

Tatum on social media:
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